No Crawford as Dodgers go for two against Reds

Carl Crawford is battling an illness and a high fever, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly revealed Saturday.

The left fielder was sent to the emergency room Saturday and is out of the lineup for the third game of a four-game series with the Cincinnati Reds. He's unlikely to be available off the bench tonight.

In his stead atop the lineup is Skip Schumaker, who's hitting .375 in his career in 48 at-bats against Reds right-hander Bronson Arroyo. Otherwise, the Dodgers are using their same lineup.

Mattingly considered resting Crawford Friday when he showed up to the stadium feeling under the weather, but he got better by first pitch and started, knocking in three hits.

He's hitting .389 since the All-Star break.

Starting for the Dodgers is left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu, in what will be his biggest game to date in his native South Korea because of the Reds' leadoff hitter, Shin-Soo Choo.

Never have two Korean ballplayers of such significance matched up in MLB, and Korean media have taken over the press box.

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